Bunić, Croatia


Bunić is a village in Lika, Croatia, located in the Udbina municipality, between Korenica and Lički Osik. The population is 133.

History

The 1712–14 census of Lika and Krbava registered 2,058 inhabitants, of whom 2,051 were Serbs, called "Vlachs", and 7 were "Turks".
In 1743 Ernst Laudon an Austrian generalisimo built a church to commemorate his children who died and were buried in Bunić and in 1746 he planted an oak forest now called by his name.
The place was heavily damaged in the Second World War by the Chetniks who expelled and erased most Croats, and greatly damaged the church.

Notable natives and residents